InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hanyou and Miko ❯ InuYasha's Miko ( Chapter 27 )

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Chapter 27: InuYasha's Miko

 

Kagome woke on something soft, something warm. She refused to open her eyes; refused to give up the feelings she had felt. The sun was up, shining on her face through one of the windows. She lifted the blanket and covered up her head. She buried her face in the pillow, letting out a sigh of contentment. Something grazed the bottom of her foot. Kagome flicked it. It grazed her foot again, more softly this time. She pulled it under the blanket and tucked herself in deeper. Suddenly the entire blanket was lifted off of her, exposing her to the air. She grabbed for it but the blanket was already tossed across the room. Still not giving in, she pulled the pillow up and jammed it against the top of her head, using her hands and arms as braces.

 

“Oi! What are you going to do, sleep all day?” InuYasha pulled at her arms to separate them.

 

“Leave me alone.” She mumbled against the mattress.

 

“I said get up, wench!”

 

“Uh uh. Go away.”

 

InuYasha pulled the pillow away, tossing it across the room with the blanket. He laid down next to Kagome, crossing his legs and placing a tray of food in between them. At the smell Kagome turned to face him.

 

“Keh. Figures. Lazy wench, all you gonna do now is eat and sleep, huh?” he bit into a hunk of meat. Kagome reached for the apple wedges and glass of some type of juice.

 

“You made all this?”

 

“Yep. While you were wasting the day away sleeping, I was out taking care of things.”

 

She nudged him with her elbow. “I couldn't help it. I was tired.” She smiled. “I'm surprised you're not after building this thing.”

 

“Hanyou. Not a pathetic human.” He took another bite.

 

“Anyone here?” a voice came from outside the hut.

 

“In here monk!” InuYasha called. Kagome pulled herself to her feet as InuYasha left the back room to meet up with Miroku. She changed into one of the kimonos he had made for her then ran to greet her friends.

 

“Sango! I didn't know you two were back!” Kagome maneuvered to hug her, careful of her now bulging tummy.

 

“Come on, we've got some…things…to talk about.” Sango giggled, leading Kagome outside.

 

“Oi! Where do you think you're going!” InuYasha walked toward her.

 

“InuYasha, please? We won't go far, just out of your ear shot.” She said the last part sarcastically.

 

He thought. “Fine. You better not go far… and I mean it.” He gave her a serious glace before she left out the door.

 

“He seems,… protective.” Sango commented as soon as they were out of the hanyou's hearing range.

 

“Um. It's kind of nice…sometimes. He's gotten a lot more like that since we first kissed.” She sighed. “And I have a feeling he's gonna be a lot more protective now.”

 

“So you two are, um…”

 

Kagome blushed and nodded with a smile. “He said he loves me.” She sighed happily. “We I first met him, I would have never thought. But now? Sango, he's all I ever want. I don't know what I did before I met him. I don't want to remember.”

 

“And what do you think my first thoughts were of Miroku!? It's kind of hard to think of anyone anything other than a hentai when they're stroking your butt every change they get. Along with every other pretty girl's.”

 

Kagome laughed. “Yea, that's for sure.” She put a hand on Sango's stomach. “And this one is going to be taught better than his father.”

 

“His? I'm hoping for a girl. The last thing we need is another Miroku running around.” She sighed. “This is really it Kagome. Our adventures, all the fights… it just hit me that that part of my life is over. I'm going to be a mother, settle down in the village, maybe still slay a few youkai; but mostly it's over.”

 

“I know, I know. But isn't it better that it is over? I mean, I'm going to miss traveling with you guys but as for the fleeing for my life everyday part, I'm glad it's over. It's just a win/lose situation, I guess.”

 

“Naraku. I haven't thought of that day for a long time.” Sango cleared her throat. “But this little one isn't going to have to worry about him. Nope. We took care of that for her.” She looked to Kagome. She was lagging behind in their walk. “Kagome? Are you alright?”

 

“I think I need to sit down for awhile.” She walked to the side of the path, finding a stump and sitting down with her head in her hands. Sango joined her.

 

“What's wrong, Kagome?” she put a hand to her forehead. The miko was burning up with a fever. “You're sick.”

 

“No, no. I…I'm fine. This just happens every once in a while. It's just a little headache.” She gave a reassuring smile.

 

“You're still having those? Kagome, maybe you should go see Kaede. It isn't natural for you to be having so many.”

 

“I'll see her later. It's really not all that bad.” She winced.

 

“InuYasha doesn't know, does he?” Sango gave her a worried glance.

 

“Alright, I'll go talk to Kaede. Just don't tell InuYasha, I have enough to put up with while he's around.”

 

They continued their walk down the path and out of the forest. Soon they came to the village and Kaede's hut. Kaede was outside with one of the villagers, Shippou came running up to the two.

 

“Hey Shippou!”

 

“Kagome! Sango! You're back!”

 

“Come here.” Kagome held out her arms, the kitsune jumping into them immediately. He turned up his nose.

 

“What happened to you? Your scent smells strange.”

 

“What do you mean by that?” Sango patted him on the head.

 

“I don't know. Kagome just smells… different. I don't like it. Are you okay?”

 

“I'm fine, Shippou.”

 

Sango took the kitsune from Kagome's arms. “You should talk to Kaede. It's really starting to worry me, Kagome.” Kagome nodded and walked over to talk with the older miko. The villager greeted Kagome before heading out. Kaede picked up a basket of freshly picked herbs and faced her.

 

“Kagome, ye seem tired. Did ye not like InuYasha's surprise?”

 

“No, I loved it! It's just, I'm still having those headaches. They only happen sometimes, but they're getting worse. What could be causing them?” the old miko looked Kagome over, looking in her eyes, her skin complexion, feeling her forehead for fever. Finally she sighed.

 

“It seems to be nothing. I'll make a remedy for you to take that should help. When did these start?”

 

“That day we were working out in the field after me and InuYasha returned. I think that's when it started, but I'm not sure.”

 

“Take it easy for awhile. Don't stress yourself too much. Ye look completely worn, and tis only mid-day. Why don't ye go rest in the hut while I make the remedy?” she shuffled Kagome into the hut, making her lie down on her old futon and getting Sango and Shippou to help her with the herbs she needed. It didn't take Kagome long to get to sleep, those headaches always left her tired. As she faded to slumber she wondered what was causing them.

 

 

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InuYasha watched as Kagome lie sleeping in her bed. She didn't look sad, or worried, or angry. She looked…peaceful. At ease. He was happy Kagome liked the hut. He did work hard on it to make her feel at home in his time. He also knew it would never be as comfortable as her other home, but he had done all he could. InuYasha stood up, taking one last glace at Kagome before walking out the door.

 

InuYasha gathered a few apples and went back to the hut. The meat was almost finished cooking over the fire, and Kagome was still sound asleep in her new bed. He picked up a bamboo tray and arranged the food onto it, placing two cups of juice to the side. Now to wake the wench. He smiled. InuYasha grabbed one of the flowers from a vase and walked over to Kagome, pulling back the gold curtain. Kagome was flopped across the bed; arms sprawled out above her head, one foot sticking out at the bottom of the bed and the other tucked around the blanket tightly.

 

InuYasha gently rubbed the tip of the flower against her foot. He smirked as she kicked at the intrusion. He dropped the flower and used his claw, tickling her foot until she finally kicked it away too and tucked it under the blanket. InuYasha grabbed the blanket and yanked it away, tossing it out of Kagome's reach. She pulled the pillow up and jammed it against the top of her head, using her hands and arms as braces.

 

“Oi! What are you going to do, sleep all day?” InuYasha pulled at her arms to separate them.

 

“Leave me alone.” She mumbled against the mattress.

 

“I said get up, wench!”

 

“Uh uh. Go away.”

 

InuYasha pulled the pillow away, tossing it across the room with the blanket. He lay down next to Kagome, crossing his legs and placing a tray of food in between them. At the smell Kagome turned to face him.

 

“Keh. Figures. Lazy wench, all you gonna do now is eat and sleep, huh?” he bit into a hunk of meat. Kagome reached for the apple wedges and glass of some type of juice.

 

“You made all this?”

 

“Yep. While you were wasting the day away sleeping, I was out taking care of things.”

 

She nudged him with her elbow. “I couldn't help it. I was tired.” She smiled. “I'm surprised you're not after building this thing.”

 

“Hanyou. Not a pathetic human.” He took another bite.

 

“Anyone here?” a voice came from outside the hut.

 

“In here monk!” InuYasha called. Kagome pulled herself to her feet as InuYasha left the back room to meet up with Miroku.

 

“Sango! I didn't know you two were back!” Kagome, now changed into one of her new kimonos, maneuvered to hug her, careful of her now bulging tummy.

 

“Come on, we've got some…things…to talk about.” Sango giggled, leading Kagome outside.

 

“Oi! Where do you think you're going!” InuYasha walked toward her.

 

“InuYasha, please? We won't go far, just out of your ear shot.” She said the last part sarcastically.

 

He gave it some thought. “Fine. You better not go far… and I mean it.” He gave her a serious glace before she left out the door.

 

“Ah. The ever protective hanyou.”

 

“Shut up, monk.” He was still looking at the bamboo entrance, as if he expected Kagome to come running back through it.

 

“She's not going to get hurt by just walking outside, you know.”

 

“Keh! That clumsy wench? I'm surprised she didn't trip on her way out.” He picked up the tray of food off the bed and placed it in the cooking area. He didn't really mind Kagome and Sango going for a walk, but he had been thinking about what his brother and the youkai had told him. Other youkai will be coming for Kagome. He knew he could keep her by his side forever, but he was defiantly going to try.

 

“Well, it seems you've made yourself at home.”

 

“What of it, monk?”

 

Miroku smiled to himself. “Oh nothing. Just making an observation.”

 

InuYasha gave him a meaningful gaze. “Hentai.” He turned and rolled up the sleeves of his haori, dipping the few dishes he had used into a bucket of water and cleaning them. After he had finished he put them away in the make-shift cabinets one of the villagers had made. He sighed. It wasn't anything close to what Kagome was use to. He had tried to create some kind of running water system in the hut, but failed miserably, so instead he would just bring in water from the spring that filled the pond. He had also tried to make cabinets, chairs, and even a table; they just didn't turn out how he had hoped they would. He grabbed the bucket and poured some of the water out to extinguish the fire, then dumped the rest outside the hut.

 

Miroku followed him out. “Hmm. So, InuYasha, what are your plans for Kagome?”

 

“What are you talking about?”

 

“Well, surely you're not still trying to hide your feelings for her. Not after that getaway trip.” InuYasha shrugged his shoulders, dismissing the notion. “Kagome is a beautiful young woman. If I weren't already taken by Sango…”

 

“You don't want to finish that, monk.” InuYasha flexed his claws in warning. Miroku took the gesture seriously and stood in silence. “What else can I do for her, Miroku? I don't have anything.”

 

The monk smiled. “As I had said before, she only wants you, InuYasha. She could have stayed in her time, safe, with all her `modern' convinces, but for some odd reason she chose to stay with you. Why, we may never know, but she did just the same. Maybe you should stop hiding feelings and start acting upon them.”

 

InuYasha smirked. The monk hadn't caught on to them yet. He had done everything he thought of to let her know how he felt. The question was did she feel the same for him? She had chosen to stay in his time with him, but did she really know what she was doing at the time? Maybe at the time she had forgotten that the well would seal, but whatever had happened he couldn't change in now. “They've been gone for awhile.” He stated after he finished contemplating with himself.

 

“Yes. It's almost noon.” Miroku leaned back against hut, closing his eyes. “They'll be back soon enough.”

 

InuYasha sniffed. He let out a low growl and sniffed again.

 

“What is it, InuYasha?” Miroku and left his place by the wall and walked over to join InuYasha.

 

“I can't smell her or Sango. They must have wondered off too far. Stupid wench!” he took off down the path, Miroku following close behind. InuYasha stopped at the end of the path and sniffed again. He turned back to Miroku, who was struggling to keep up with the furious hanyou. “Kaede's.” he stated before heading off again.

 

I tell her not to wonder off and what does she do?! SHE WONDERS OFF!! She's gonna get herself into trouble if she doesn't start listening to me!

 

InuYasha let his rage drag him all the way to Kaede's hut on the other side of the village. He stormed up to the entrance, fully ready to yell his head off at the miko for leaving like she did, only to be pulled away in midstep.

 

“What the…”

 

Sango put a finger to his lips. “Quiet. Kagome's sleeping.”

 

“Sleeping? Why is she sleeping now?!”

 

“Shh!” she motioned the hanyou away from the hut where they could talk without waking Kagome.

 

“What's this all about, Sango?” he crossed his arms in frustration.

 

“Something's not right with Kagome.”

 

InuYasha's heart sunk. All his anger completely died away. Before Sango could stop him, he was inside the hut by Kagome's side. She looked at her, searching for any injuries from an attack. Finding none, he sniffed her, sensing no illnesses either. He could here her shallow breaths, signaling she was sleeping. Sango came in with a winded Miroku not far behind. She grabbed InuYasha's arm and led him back outside. He reluctantly followed her, at least she would be able to explain what happened.

 

“Alright, what's going on here? She's not hurt, and she's not sick. Why is she always sleeping?”

 

“We don't know, InuYasha. Kagome and I were walking, and she said she had a headache. She didn't look too good so I brought her to Kaede.”

 

“And…” he was getting inpatient.

 

“Her headache stopped, and Kaede couldn't find anything wrong with her, other than a sudden sleepiness. She and Shippou went out to the fields to find the last herbs Kaede needs for a remedy for Kagome. They should be back soon.”

 

InuYasha's ears drooped. Everything seemed to always happen to Kagome. He stood up and walked back to the hut. “Tell me when they get here.” He said before disappearing inside. He sighed as he sat down next to her. She looked fine to him, peaceful even. But it was strange of Kagome to be sleeping in midday, and she had been kind of drained for the past few weeks. InuYasha cursed himself for not noticing earlier. This was his fault, too. Everything that happened to Kagome was his fault. How did he always end up hurting her like this? Why did it always have to be her?

 

He slowly and gently shifted Kagome into his lap. She didn't stir. InuYasha ran one clawed hand through her hair, taking in the softness. Her eyelids twitched as she dreamed. He couldn't help but grin at the way she looked as she slept. At that moment, she wasn't sad about the well, she didn't worry about youkai attacking her, or what she was going to do stuck in the feudal era. How could he have ever confused Kagome with Kikyo? It was obvious to him now how different they really were. Kagome accepted everyone, even him, for who they were. When they first met and the crow youkai took over the body of a fallen samurai, she risked her life trying to save the lives of the men who kidnapped her. InuYasha had yelled at her then. He wasn't really all that mad at the time, more confused than anything else. He was mad when he found out she had lost the jewel.

 

That jewel. The Shikon no tama. Ironic, how over fifty years ago he was killed by Kikyo because of that jewel only to be brought back to life by her reincarnation by the same jewel. It was almost funny,… almost.

 

“InuYasha? Kaede's back.” He nodded to Sango and laid Kagome back on the futon before heading out to meet the old miko.

 

“Kaede, what's wrong with Kagome? She ain't sick, I don't smell anything.” His gazed was fixed on the hut's entrance.

 

“I do not know, InuYasha. Everything seems fine.”

 

“Then why is she always sleeping all of a sudden?!”

 

“I think the only thing wrong with Kagome is a depression of sorts, or anxiety. The child has been through much and it may all just be catching up to her. All ye can do is…” she was cut short.

 

“Yea, yea; `all you can do is be there'. Well, you know what? I'm sick of hearing that! I'm sick of not being able to do anything while Kagome suffers because of something stupid that I did! I'm sick of always hurting her!”

 

“InuYasha?”

 

His ears flicked at the sound of Kagome's voice. He instantly lowered his head. “How long have you been there?”

 

“I…I just walked out. Look, InuYasha, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wonder off, it's just I wasn't feeling too good all of a sudden. I won't do it again, so please don't be mad.”

 

InuYasha was taken back. Kagome was apologizing to him for wondering off? She really mustn't have heard anything. “K-kagome, I'm not mad.” He sighed. “Maybe we should go for a walk.” She nodded and followed close behind as he walked away from the hut and closer to the forest. Even he wasn't sure where he was leading them, but wasn't surprised when they soon came upon Goshinboku. He sat under the tree, Kagome sitting across from him; eyes downcast. “Kagome, look at me?” he was asking her more than telling her to. She slowly raised her eyes to meet his.

 

“I said I was sorry. I promise I won't go off like that again.”

 

InuYasha couldn't believe she was still apologizing. She was the one that was hurting inside. “Kagome, I said I wasn't mad, so stop apologizing already!”

 

“Then, why were you yelling outside the hut?” Kagome looked at him questioningly.

 

He looked at her for a moment. “Nothing important.” He paused. “What's wrong, Kagome? I know it's something so don't tell me it's not.”

 

“I really don't know. My head just starts hurting sometimes, and then I get sleepy. I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to worry.”

 

“Kagome, you need to tell me these things, or at least one of the others. Don't keep it to yourself.”

 

She moved closer to her hanyou, nuzzling into his shoulder. “Same goes to you, dog-boy. Now come on, I'm getting hungry.”

 

“Eat and sleep, wench, eat and sleep.” He grinned.

 

Kagome giggled.

 

A/N:

:: points to rating:: um, lemon, don't think so. Not in this story anyway. There will be a `suggestive theme', but no lemon. Sorry if you wanted one, but in this you're just going to have to have a good imagination. I rated this as teen and it's gonna stay, I'm letting my little cousins read this so, yea.